Top Ten Lists!!

I got this idea from a friend of ours, Carolyn.

Jack's Top Ten:
1. He absolutely loves everything Razorbacks, be it football, basketball, the actual picture of a razorback, and of course the BAND!!

2. He loves to tackle. We don't know where he picked this up but he will tackle you, stuffed animals, or his figurines for hours on end and love every minute of it!!

3. He likes to tell me he pooped/peed in the potty just so I will give him a big hug!

4. He has to always, and I do mean always be wearing his hat, glasses, and shoes!

5. His shoes cannot get wet!

6. He must sleep with teddy, spiderman, and didi(blanket).

7. He loves to play army men and kill anyone...his guys, your guys, the mountain, anything.

8. He likes to tell Sandy what to do!

9. He loves to sing his ABC's even if they are not all correct!

10. He knows all the movements and some of the melodies to all of the popular band tunes, "horns up" for Sempre Fi, hog call, fight song, NFL, and the 'Hey Song'.

I was feeling especially lucky to be spending time with my little guy tonight and I thought I would include this into the blog.
My Top Ten:

1. I love that he runs up to see JR or I and gives us a huge hug!

2. I love that he still likes for me to hold him and cuddle sometimes.

3. I love how he will say a bunch of jibberish and then crack up laughing like it was the funniest thing in the world.

4. I love listening to him sing the ABC's and try to get them right!

5. I love that he is potty trained early and really tries hard at going to the potty!

6. I love the fact that he is a funny guy with a great personality starting to emerge!

7. We both love that he absolutely loves the Razorbacks, especially the band!! His destiny is determined!!

8. I love that he has an outgoing spirit and will warm right up to band kids and dance with them or try to conduct them.

9. I love that he is becoming so independent even though he still needs us when he gets and owieee!!

10. I love that he is so smart and continues to amaze us with what he knows!! He is talking more everyday and his vocabulary is getting stronger!!

Jack these days!!

Well Jack has finally turned two and half and JR and I still can't believe that he is that old. He is such a fun kid to be around!! I really enjoy all of the time that I get to spend with him and it makes going to work that much harder this year. One thing is for sure, this kid loves to make people laugh. He will do something or say something that will make us laugh and he will ask "funny"? He is talking up a storm and can say anyword that you ask him too, even the words you don't want him to say...thanks to JR!! He is a physical boy and loves to tackle or just climb all over you. He still won't eat enough to keep a bird alive but somehow he manages. His favorite foods are spaghetti, chicken nuggets, noodles, rice, and fruit snacks. We have been working on potty training the last week and it has been going great!!! We will try to keep the blog updated a little better from now on, but I am not promising anything!

More videos!!

Jack is a funny kid and here are some of the funny things he is doing these days. He loves to tackle...anything, be it a person or his stuffed Joe Montana. Also, somewhere he picked up the idea of running fast and running slow. If you watch the video pay close attention to his arms because he really gets into the running slow.

Two and half....or more!!

Jack jumping on the bed. Standing still for a moment! Close-up of Jack and Mommy! Showing off his new boots from Grandma!! I finally caught Jack counting to 12 on camera and saying his A,B,C's!! The video work is nothing to be excited about but you can hear him count and then he finally lets me turn the camera onto him once he starts his A,B,C's.

Time to catch up!!

I know it has been since Jack's birthday since I posted anything, so I thought I would throw everything together in one post. It is kind of random but we are finally updated to today!

I had to include these because of my lack of green thumb, but these are roses from my rose bush! They die so quickly I wanted to get a picture!


This picture is from my phone so it might seem grainy. I think this picture is too cute because he looks like such a little boy!


We couldn't resist...its Jack in the box!!


Jack in his new pajamas!! He looked so cute I couldn't resist!!



JR got creative one night while Jack was eating and decided to take some pictures. They actually turned out pretty cute and it shows proof...he does eat!!





EASTER!! Jack's eyes are very sensitive to the sun and he can't hardly open them if it is bright outside. We tried to take pictures when the sun was behind him but that didn't help much. I loaned him my sunglasses and we snapped a few shots and now we have the first modeling shots of Jack Hinkson!!




Jack finding Easter eggs! He loved finding them but he wasn't very gentle with the eggs. Most of them were cracked by the end of the hunt.




This is the one decent shot we got of Jack during Easter weekend!! Pretty handsome little fellow!



We went to the park before all this rain started and got a few cute pics of Jack! This is the park that is right down the street from our house!!

Jack turned 2!!!

We had Jack's 2nd birthday party at Incredible Pizza with a bunch of family members! It was a great time!! Jack really enjoyed his cake this time and got into opening presents and loved the play area for little guys!! I think we might make this a yearly place to celebrate his B-day!! All the family had a good time!

Here is Jack on his to his party!! He is tooo cute!

This is myself with my cousin Sara and my grandma!

Jack's uncle David and him sharing a moment!

Jack opening his presents. He loved the new Nikes my brother got him!!

Jack showing us what he was eating...such a boy! The blue icing was like die and everybody had blue on them by the end of the night.

Jack drunk from eating all the cake and brownies!! He enjoyed it!

Jack riding his personal train!

Jack loved this area!! By the end of the night he was diving head first into everything!!

Jack and I trying our hand at whackamo!!
Jack riding the carousel!
This is Jack at the end of the night! He didn't want to leave and just sat on the wall outside crying. I eventually had to peel him off the wall and he continued to cry all the way home! That shows success!!

Update....FINALLY!!

The Ice Storm in January. We lost two trees and the rest look like sticks. We lost power for 5 days...it was horrible!





These are pictures taken at Lisa's house. She let us stay with her for a night and then her power went out. We were the curse of the power outage...everytime we stayed at someone's house they lost power after we left.




This is just a random picture taken by JR. I love it because we go back and forth about Jack playing soccer and I think he looks like a natural!!